(70) Panopaea
ephemeris	date	magn	radius	delta	ra	dec	elong	phase
Today	11 Apr 2026	11.9	2.428 AU	1.579 AU	15h57m	-19°53'	139.3°	15.6°
Opposition	16 May 2026	10.8	2.361 AU	1.351 AU	15h29m	-21°46'	177.2°	1.2°

The interactive orbit chart above shows the body's path through the solar system and its position at the given date. Green and blue lines are shown perpendicular to the ecliptic plane: Green if the path is above the ecliptic plane, blue if it is below. (Left-click and drag to rotate the view; Right-click and drag to move the view; Use scroll wheel to zoom in our out.)

The orbital elements of Panopaea are:

            e (Eccentricity)                : 0.1830438
            a (Semimajor axis)              : 2.6135226
            i (Inclination)                 : 11.59683
            Ω (Longitude of ascending node) : 47.63786
            ω (Argument of perihelion)      : 255.44755
            M (Mean anomaly)                : 269.56600
            Epoch                           : 2025 Nov 21

            L (Longitude of perihelion)     : 122.79541
            B (Latitude of perihelion)      : -11.21987
            P (Orbital period in years)     : 4.23            
        

The light curve chart below shows the estimated development of the minor planet's magnitude.

The all-sky chart below shows the path of the minor planet over the same period as the light curve. The current position is marked yellow.

The following chart shows the path of the minor planet in the next few days. The field of view is optimized for (~10x50) binoculars and finderscopes.

Ephemerides:

Date       Time       RA (2000)    DEC (2000)    delta   radius  elong  phase   PA    magn
2026-04-11 00:00 UT   15 57 42.1   -19 53 07     1.579    2.428  139.3   15.6   281   11.9 
2026-04-11 10:54 UT   15 57 33.1   -19 54 53     1.574    2.427  139.8   15.5   281   11.9 
2026-04-12 00:00 UT   15 57 21.7   -19 56 60     1.569    2.426  140.4   15.3   281   11.9 
2026-04-13 00:00 UT   15 56 59.4   -20 00 51     1.559    2.424  141.4   14.9   281   11.9 
2026-04-14 00:00 UT   15 56 35.3   -20 04 40     1.549    2.422  142.5   14.6   281   11.9 
2026-04-15 00:00 UT   15 56 09.2   -20 08 27     1.539    2.421  143.6   14.3   281   11.8 
2026-04-16 00:00 UT   15 55 41.2   -20 12 13     1.530    2.419  144.6   13.9   282   11.8 
2026-04-17 00:00 UT   15 55 11.4   -20 15 56     1.520    2.417  145.7   13.5   282   11.8 
2026-04-18 00:00 UT   15 54 39.7   -20 19 38     1.511    2.415  146.8   13.2   282   11.7 
2026-04-19 00:00 UT   15 54 06.2   -20 23 18     1.502    2.413  147.9   12.8   282   11.7 
2026-04-20 00:00 UT   15 53 30.8   -20 26 55     1.494    2.411  149.0   12.4   282   11.7 
2026-04-21 00:00 UT   15 52 53.7   -20 30 31     1.485    2.409  150.1   12.0   283   11.7 
2026-04-22 00:00 UT   15 52 14.8   -20 34 04     1.477    2.407  151.2   11.6   283   11.6 
2026-04-23 00:00 UT   15 51 34.2   -20 37 36     1.469    2.405  152.3   11.2   283   11.6 
2026-04-24 00:00 UT   15 50 51.9   -20 41 04     1.461    2.403  153.4   10.8   283   11.6 
2026-04-25 00:00 UT   15 50 08.0   -20 44 31     1.454    2.401  154.6   10.4   284   11.5 
2026-04-26 00:00 UT   15 49 22.4   -20 47 55     1.447    2.399  155.7    9.9   284   11.5 
2026-04-27 00:00 UT   15 48 35.2   -20 51 16     1.439    2.398  156.8    9.5   284   11.5 
2026-04-28 00:00 UT   15 47 46.5   -20 54 35     1.433    2.396  158.0    9.1   285   11.4 
2026-04-29 00:00 UT   15 46 56.3   -20 57 51     1.426    2.394  159.1    8.6   285   11.4 
2026-04-30 00:00 UT   15 46 04.7   -21 01 04     1.420    2.392  160.3    8.2   286   11.4 
2026-05-01 00:00 UT   15 45 11.7   -21 04 15     1.413    2.390  161.4    7.7   286   11.4 
2026-05-02 00:00 UT   15 44 17.3   -21 07 22     1.408    2.388  162.6    7.3   287   11.3 
2026-05-03 00:00 UT   15 43 21.6   -21 10 27     1.402    2.386  163.7    6.8   288   11.3 
2026-05-04 00:00 UT   15 42 24.7   -21 13 28     1.397    2.384  164.9    6.3   289   11.3 
2026-05-05 00:00 UT   15 41 26.7   -21 16 26     1.391    2.383  166.1    5.9   290   11.2 
2026-05-06 00:00 UT   15 40 27.5   -21 19 21     1.387    2.381  167.2    5.4   291   11.2 
2026-05-07 00:00 UT   15 39 27.2   -21 22 12     1.382    2.379  168.4    4.9   292   11.2 
2026-05-08 00:00 UT   15 38 26.0   -21 25 00     1.378    2.377  169.5    4.4   294   11.1 
2026-05-09 00:00 UT   15 37 23.8   -21 27 45     1.373    2.375  170.7    3.9   296   11.1 
2026-05-10 00:00 UT   15 36 20.9   -21 30 27     1.370    2.373  171.8    3.5   298   11.1 
2026-05-11 00:00 UT   15 35 17.1   -21 33 05     1.366    2.371  172.9    3.0   302   11.0 

    Terminology:
            
    delta:  distance between minor planet and earth in AU
    radius: distance between minor planet and sun in AU
    magn:   magnitude (brightness) estimate    
    ra:     right ascension in hours (24h = 360deg)
    dec:    declination in degrees
    elong:  elongation in degrees (angle sun-earth-minor planet)    
    phase:  phase angle in degrees (angle sun-minor planet-earth)        
    AU:     Astronomical Unit (mean distance between earth and sun: 149597870.7 km
    

Orbital elements provided by the MPC (Minor Planet Center).
Calculations by a modified version of AAPlus, a C# implementation of the AA+ project by PJ Naughter from the algorithms presented in the book "Astronomical Algorithms" by Jean Meeus.
NGC2000 dso catalog and star labels from VizieR as provided by the Strasbourg astronomical Data Center.
Tycho2 catalog from the ESO archive.